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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - A Netflix Movie Review
Listen to your heart. Listen to your voice. You are somebody. Based on the Pulitzer prize play written by August Wilson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a 2020 Netflix film. Set in 1927 in Chicago, Ma Rainey, also known as ‘Mother of the Blues’, Levee, a horn player, and the white management attempt to control their tensions during a heated recording session.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Geeks
My Review of "Cobra Kai: Season 2"
Cobra Kai: Season 2 starts off right after the very well made first season left off. I was hesitant to watch the first season of the series but after watching it I was totally hooked and decided to binge watch this second season. After checking this season out I have to say there were some directional changes that I wasn't too happy to see but for the most part it kept with the essence of the first season.
By Brian Anonymous5 years ago in Geeks
Soul - A Movie Review
A spark isn’t a soul’s purpose - it’s a meaning of life. Soul is Pixar’s latest film released to Disney+. A struggling musician has an out of body experience. Transported to a world called ‘The Great Before’, Joe cannot return to earth unless he mentors an infant soul. The journey that follows opens their minds.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Geeks
My Review of "The King of Staten Island"
The King of Staten Island is a movie that came out in 2020 that some believe is very close to the true life story of the lead actor Pete Davidson. You have to go into this movie in a certain mindset in order to enjoy this movie though. The main character isn't the most likeable person. Although the people all around him are extremely likeable. It made me kind of pissed that he treats the people around him so horribly.
By Brian Anonymous5 years ago in Geeks
Isn't It Romantic Isn't Actually Romantic At All
So, I unapologetically love rom coms. I think the good ones are fun and sweet and let you relive a moment of happiness at their best and the bad ones can usually at least give you some entertainment in their stupidity. I love them all the same and have no time for people that write off the whole genre because they're formulaic. News flash, most entertainment is, especially superhero movies. The trick to good storytelling is creating an interesting character or narrative that makes use of its tropes wisely.
By Melodie Mulder5 years ago in Geeks
My Review of "Cobra Kai: Season One"
Cobra Kai: Season One is a series that I've been avoiding for the longest time. I remember liking the original Karate Kid movie but I wasn't a huge fan of the series because I don't remember seeing the sequel. My friend has been hassling me to watch this TV series but because I wasn't a huge fan of the franchise I never bothered. Fast-forward to 2021 and the third season of this series has recently come out and I get curious about the series. It's finally time to take the dive and I am not sorry that I finally succumbed to peer pressure.
By Brian Anonymous5 years ago in Geeks
Wonder Woman 1984(2020)- Review
Wonder Woman 1984 is a superhero film, sequel to the original film Wonder Woman (2017). As its name suggests it is set in 1984 decades after Diana/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) helped stop World War I with the assistance of Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) who was eventually martyred in doing so, at the end of the first film. 66 years after that Diana is living in Washington D.C. working as an anthropologist in the Smithsonian Museum. She majorly leads a quiet & lonely life, functioning as a vigilantly from time to time and assisting local authorities curb petty crimes. The primary story starts when Diana gets acquainted with Barbara Ann Minerva (Kristen Wiig) a new employee at the museum. Barbara is a learned woman but fairly anonymous & ignored by her peers. The FBI has asked for the museum's assistance and in turn Barbra's to identify a few antiquities that were seized by them after a failed robbery attempt. Among these artefacts there is a dreamstone, initially dismissed as a fake and of being of not much value, apart from its aesthetics, by both Barbra & Diana. Still, they unwittingly make individual wishes jokingly and instantly go on with their lives not giving much thought to the stone. Little did they know it was a real dreamstone and their wishes have come true. Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal), a businessman, knows the reality of the stone and when he learns it is at the Smithsonian Museum he displays himself as a donor and deceivingly acquires the stone. Maxwell takes a few rash decisions with the stone, the use of which can lead to Armageddon and the end of the world. Now it's upto Diana to do all she can to stop him, in the process she gets help from an old friend & finds herself at odds with a new one.
By The Couch Review5 years ago in Geeks
